Serpentine Expeditions

14/06/2024

So grateful for the last year with new, old, random, and strange friends, sharing moments that make life worth living.

Now we make our way towards the Western Ghats of India for the next chapter 🖤

14/06/2024

31/05/2024

Lunch with a view! Plus the best chef this side of the Zambezi, Erin playing with the mandible of an African elephant, Morgan being weird, Kevin gaining wisdom, and Mike appreciating his first chameleon.

Check out our new and improved 2024 Zimbabwe itinerary! It’s going to be a doozy. More h**ping, more food, more good times. Find every little detail at the link in our bio or story! The clock is ticking to register ⏰

09/05/2024

This was a great surprise not 30 minutes after airport pickup! New Suriname dates are coming soon, friends ✈️

28/03/2024

2024 Expeditions!We’re currently in the middle of Suriname, but that’s just the beginning. Check out all of .ex upcoming tours this year, ranging from Zimbabwe to China.

Spots available for everything but India, and dwindling fast. Info for all expeditions is now available, though some itineraries are being reworked to offer an even more comprehensive experience than in previous years. Just hit the buttons at the bottom of the page for a full description of the trip.

You can join our mailing list by sending a note through www.serpentineexpeditions.com .

10/03/2024

09/03/2024

Check it!

WildChina and Serpentine Expeditions are partnering up to launch an expert-led h**petological expedition in China, featuring a quest for the Mangshan Pit Viper.

24/01/2024

Yet another great example of how the "Red touch yellow" rhyme isn't a great use of identifying venomous snakes. This is a Forest Flame-Snake (Oxyrhopus petolarius), which is a non-venomous colubrid I photographed in Puerto Maldonado, Peru.

Also known as the Calico False Coral snake. While red touches yellow, this snake is safe to handle whereas a Ribbon Coral snake has red touching black and is definitely not safe to pick up.

22/01/2024

Field lunches are the best lunches, if you don’t agree you’re wrong!

12/01/2024

Sexy!

In situ pregnant female Wagler’s Pit Viper, the most common snake we encountered in Indonesia. Check out our site for 2024 dates!

29/12/2023

The long-tailed macaque, a species we were stunned to learn has been designated Endangered as of 2022.

This represents a true and crucial failure by humanity to protect even the most resilient of primates.

Read more about the situation here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/endangered-species-listing-of-long-tailed-macaques-shocking-painful-predictable-commentary/

Photos by Ian Breland

27/12/2023

We’re headed to Suriname, along with Rosie Moore and Serpentine Expeditions. March 20-29 2024, get in touch for details or visit https://www.serpentineexpeditions.com/expeditions/p/suriname-march-2024-tba

This one will fill exponentially fast and we have very few spots.

12/12/2023

We’re fresh out of the jungle from a 10 day/11 night expedition throughout Northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

As is this year’s theme; to say that the trip exceeded expectations (though we try our best to have none) is an ineffable understatement. Great friends new and old, astounding animals, breathtaking sights, and serene moments sprinkled with adrenaline.

Best of all for us at Serpentine, is the knowledge that our financial support towards Sumatra Eco Project’s mission has fueled big moves towards the essential and rapid protection of dwindling Indonesian ecosystems. This is at the foundation of Serpentine’s existence, and conservation of natural resources is at the core of what we do.

Pictured is a 5 meter reticulated python (Python reticulatus), which we removed from town and relocated into an area where she’ll hopefully never see another human again.

02/12/2023

First 24 hours in Sumatra

21/11/2023

It’s not always about where you are, but it’s always about who you’re with.

(As long as you’re in range for Mambas)

21/11/2023

Expectations vs. reality: Harold snake edition 🇿🇼

17/11/2023

All upcoming 2024 expeditions will be launched this December, keep ya eyes out.

15/11/2023

When it’s too hot to h**p, we launch 🚀

11/11/2023

Zimbabwe Expedition was a total success. It’s never easy leaving this place. 🇿🇼

Thanks for a great time friends 🖤

Next year’s dates will be out soon on our site.

11/11/2023

Still 2 spots open for Sumatra expedition December 1-11!

For anyone looking at a last minute squeeze before the new year: https://www.serpentineexpeditions.com/expeditions/p/sumatra-indonesia-tba

The itinerary is worth looking at. Full access to Gunung Leuser National Park. Contact me ASAP

Eleven days in earth’s oldest extant rainforest, the Gunung Leuser ecosystem. This exclusive tour option boasts a variety of high-profile mammal and reptile targets and is ran in tandem with a local wildlife rehabilitation NGO and anti-poaching team.

09/11/2023

Success!

02/11/2023

Zimbabwe is on! Step one: get there

28/09/2023

2024 is going to be wild.

🇮🇷

27/09/2023

Lots of support lately, we appreciate you!

Peru 2023 kicks off in T-minus 9 days.

27/09/2023

Summer 2024. 🐍

📸:(Sushil Chikane/Alamy)